Hi EvilHRLady,I was fired after missing 3 weeks of work due to major depression and a bad reaction to the medication I was placed on. When I was diagnosed, I let my manager and HR Manager know approximately a month and a half prior to getting terminated as
Dear Evil HR Lady: I have a question. I am currently looking for work and have been on a handful of interviews. I have been asked a couple of times if I am currently working which I am not. What is the purpose of this question? I can
Dear Evil HR Lady, Annually my company’s HR lady requests us to review and acknowledge reviewing all documents pertaining to corporate policies. She does this without informing us which documents have actually changed forcing us to re-read the same documents every year. It takes days to re-read the
Dear Evil HR Lady, First, may I just say that I really enjoy reading your blog. It’s always funny and informative. Back in college I was an Evil HR Lady Intern for a Fortune 500 company and I actually really enjoyed it but have gone on to a
I got the e-mail below on March 29. Somehow, it didn’t register in my brain so I didn’t respond. Here’s the e-mail: Hi there – love the blog! The situation is as follows: Smart, single, long-time employee at management level evades meetings with, but texts senseless messages at
I admit it. I thought when Ann Landers died that they should have hired me to replace her, rather than that Amy woman. Granted, I not only had no relevant experience, I didn’t even apply. They should have just known to hire me. But they didn’t. So I’m
